5 Most Overappreciated Games Of 2011

Five titles that just scream seven out of ten…

[callahan09]

I actually completely agree with the list, the titles chosen and the order they're placed in. Actually, I take that back... I kind of disagree about Dragon Age II because it wasn't that well received anyway. I think it was kind of received... correctly. Because it was underwhelming in its lack of freedom and variety compared to the original game, but it still had great characters and story, great graphics, and fun gameplay, so it did deserve to be praised for some of what it did.

[DaveX360]

Er, thanks!

That was reasonable.

Surely somebody hates me and wants me dead in some highly inappropriate way?

[Venoxn4g]

Mortal Kombat and Child of eden are awesome games... and deserve their scores... play your brown grey shooters further..

MK is a great reboot, with story, great challenge tower and more..

Child of eden has so much art and great music which incorporates with music.. such a beautiful visuals that you wouldn't even dream..

[Giru017]

Agreed 100% with this post. MK was an awesome reboot that does a lot more than play of nostalgia. There has not been ANY fighting game with this much content since the ps2 era, if even. The game has A LOT of depth and while on the surface it may seem that it's mechanics are unchanged, once you get the hang of the bar and juggles, it's truly a fighting game masterpiece. The scores (of any game) should be assigned on genre and, as far as fighting games go, MK is a 9/10 or 10/10.

Child of Eden is a bit different. I can understand it's not for everyone. Much like Rez, it's aimed at an open mind set and not a "arcade shooter" crowd (ironic, as it's gameplay style actually has more in common with the arcade shooters of yore than with modern FPS's). The blend of sound and visuals is a very unique experience and in this age of cookie cutter games, any change is welcome, more so if it's done so beautifully as CoE did.

[Inside_out]

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Anytime there is stealth elements incorporated into the game play, there will be issues for the ignorant gamers out there that don't get it.

http://youtu.be/kF67XFXq_ys

The AI did break from time to time but it was far from unplayable and on hardest difficulty, assuming you weren't trying to run through the game so you could write an article about how easy it was to play ( O_o ), made for some of the best gaming moments this gen.

http://youtu.be/GE0EsXcR2uA

If you really want to know how great the AI is in this game...trying clearing ANY level without the cloak feature....LMAO

[limewax]

My only problem with the AI though is they refuse to behave well unless on higher difficulties, otherwise they seem to just bound around the level with no real strategy.

I haven't got it on PC though so maybe it behaves differently on there. Either way I found it was a choice of play with OK AI or good AI but be ground into the concrete by how fast you get killed, even with armor on. That really killed it for me because it becomes too cover based and limits the techniques you can use in some firefights

Put it this way, I felt the AI on the original Crysis was a lot smarter

[paintsville]

Oh that's easy
Killzone 2 should be at the top of this list.
Then Heavy (interactive quicktime movie) Rain.
Then Crysis 2, what a joke.
GT5 (6 years and 60 million dollars but still avg)
Definately MAG, pitiful game.

[RaidensRising]

A little premature considering there's a slew of worthy contenders coming from the other 5 months of this year.

[TheLastGuardian]

I can't believe L.A. Noire isn't on this list. It got way more praise than it deserved. What is it about GTA IV and L.A. Noire that makes most gaming websites have nothing but good things to say about them?

[DaveX360]

I considered putting it in, but concluded I'd enjoyed it too much. Besides, it didn't get 100% scores across the board. It was an excellent story, hype aside.

[SquareEnixFan]

Dragon Age 2 on an over appreciated games list is ridiculous. With the amount of hate that game receives it is a lot closer to underrated than overrated in my eyes.

[Sarcasmology]

Maybe canned by the players, yet the critics don't seem to understand that the original had RPG and story elements that the sequel completely bypassed and dared called itself a good game, let alone a sequel.

It's still sitting above 80 on MC, which just goes to show that you that anyone can pick up a crayon and call themselves a creditable game reviewer.

[DaveX360]

Yeah, as above, it reviewed quite well.

[10987654321]

All exclusives are overrated because of fanboys and websites who fear backlash from devs if they dont give a game a 9+ score.

[buckley]

Oh look, another "Here are some good games that I'll say aren't very good" flamebait article.

[TXIDarkAvenger]

Uh I don't know about this list. I mean the new Mortal Kombat really pushed it for the series which was once throwing out crappy games. Mortal Kombat deserves the reviews it got.

I seriously wonder if the guy who wrote this article actually sat down and played these games for a couple of hours. Probably had to play CoD.